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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, delivers remarks after signing a framework agreement for the U.S. Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief with Vietnam Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong, right, at Ngoc Lam Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July, 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, arrives at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The U.S. said it will intensify sanctions against North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship, targeting members of Kim Jong Il's regime and the foreign banks that help sustain the country's weapon's industry. (Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted with flowers as she arrives at Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport to later meet with Vietnamese officials and attend the ASEAN-US Ministerial Meeting, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, visits the Ngoc Lam pagoda, which receives funding from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The U.S. is ready to take relations with Vietnam to a 'new level' 15 years after establishing diplomatic ties with its former adversary, Clinton said. (Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg)

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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, left, and Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam's prime minister, meet at the Office of the Prime Minister in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The U.S. is ready to take relations with Vietnam to a "new level" 15 years after establishing diplomatic ties with its former adversary, Secretary of State Clinton said. (Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to a live translation during a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding for U.S. support of HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam, at Ngoc Lam Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen on television monitors while she delivers remarks as delegates, top, listen during the ASEAN-US Ministerial Meeting, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, speaks at a luncheon in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday, July 22, 2010. The U.S. said it will intensify sanctions against North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship, targeting members of Kim Jong Il's regime and the foreign banks that help sustain the country's weapon's industy. (Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding for U.S. support of HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam, at Ngoc Lam Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Vietnam Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong exchange memorandum of understanding for U.S. support of HIV/AIDS programs at Ngoc Lam Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)

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President Obama signs the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama, center seated, signs the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A close-up as President Obama signs the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Outgoing director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag after President Obama signed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in a ceremony at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama departs after signing the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act at the White House in Washington on July 22, 2010. UPI/Brendan Hoffman/Pool

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An undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows former USDA official Shirley Sherrod, who was fired this week after brief comments she made in a March speech were taken out of context. (AP Photo/United States Department of Agriculture)

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Iraq's Minister of Justice Dara Noureddin, left, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jerry Cannon, right, sign documents handing the U.S. Theater Internment Facility at Camp Cropper to Iraqi control at a ceremony, Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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In this July 15, 2010, file photo President Obama speaks to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. On Thursday, July 22, 2010, Mr. Obama signed into law the "Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act," which he said will reduce waste and fraud in government spending. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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In this July 21, 2010, photo, trader John Bowers uses his handheld device as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures are barely off their highs of the morning after the government says weekly jobless claims jumped more than expected last week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)